Mumbai: An encounter is on between police and Naxals in Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. Seven people have reportedly died in the encounter.
The seven dead include two civilians, one security personnel and four Naxals. A search for the bodies is on in the area.
More details are awaited.
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02:50 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Two policemen and a local woman were injured in Naxal firing at a village in Etapalli taluka of the district Friday morning, police said. Police Sub Inspector Vijay Jadhav, Police Constable Umesh Kodape and a local woman Zantu Dey were wounded, they said. ...
11:00 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Gondia: Four teenage girls suspected to be Maoists were arrested in Lavari village in Naxal-infested Gadchiroli district of east Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday. Anjali alias Rani Zaduram Kumbre (19) and a minor girl (17), both residents of Lavari village under Purada police station were held on Monday night. Two others-- an 18-year-old and 15-year-old, were arrested from their home in the same village this morning, they said. The girls...
11:19 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Mumbai: Naxals on Thursday killed two people and abducted 10 others from Marke village in Gadchiroli district. Naxals are demanding that the CRPF should be withdrawn from the area and that Operation Green Hunt should be halted. The incident comes hours after BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka was released on Thursday after 32 days. ...
02:40 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has acquitted a teacher accused of raping a 16-year-old girl, observing that the girl had consented to the act. The Nagpur bench of the High Court was hearing an appeal filed by Chandrashekar Meshram against the 2004 order of the sessions court, which had held him guilty of rape and sentenced him to seven years in jail. According to the prosecution, Meshram took the girl...
09:26 AM, Apr 22, 2012
Gadchiroli: Two more tribals were killed allegedly by the Naxals in the Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra taking the toll to 44 in the last one year. Just last week, 12 CRPF men died in a Naxal attack in Gadchiroli. The question is whether tribals are increasingly being caught in the crossfire. 25-year-old Sharad Kata was forcibly taken from his home in Maharashtra's 'Naxal capital' Gadchiroli and was later shot dead....
09:59 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Gadchiroli: Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has said that the state will form a tribal battalion to counter the Naxal situation in Gadchiroli after 12 CRPF jawans were killed in an attack there on the March 27. But with Naxals allegedly brutally killing anyone they suspect to be a police informer, in front of their families, the question is how many tribals will agree to support the government's initiative? Gadchiroli,...
06:23 AM, Apr 01, 2012
Mumbai: 12 CRPF jawans were killed and 28 injured in a Naxal attack in Maharashtra. The landmine blast took place in the Gadchiroli district after the bus carrying the jawans drove over the landmine. A powerful landmine ripped through the vehicle on Tuesday morning. The battalion was on its way from Karvafa to Gatta tasked with road opening and area domination when the attack took place. Gadchiroli, the hotbed of...
11:51 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Mumbai: Naxals struck again in Gadchiroli in Maharashtra killing at least 12 CRPF men and injuring 28 others by triggering a landmine blast. The death toll is likely to rise as the blast targeted a bus full of CRPF personnel. The blast took place at an area under Dhanora police station near Pushtola killing the personnel belonging to the CRPF's 192 Battalion. The 40 CRPF personnel were a part of...
01:28 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Nagpur: A group of Naxals on Monday night set ablaze a Gram Panchayat office in Armori taluka of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday night in Vairagarh about 35 kms from the Taluka headquarters. The outlaws decamped with three computer sets installed in the office, located in a dense forest area, they said. This is the second such incident in a week....
12:29 PM, Nov 29, 2011
Nagpur: Police and Naxals on Monday exchanged gunfire in the densely wooded area of Damrancha in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district. According to the police, no casualties were reported from both sides. A police team, consisting of C-60 commandos and local policemen, was carrying out a combing operation to flush out Naxals in Damrancha forest on Monday morning when the ultras opened fire. The gun-battle lasted for an hour, Gadchiroli police spokesperson...
10:28 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Nagpur: A group of Naxalites allegedly killed three persons including a village-head in Korchi taluka of Gadchiroli district, police said on Monday. The sarpanch of Dabri village Motiram Katenge (50), Sudhakar Koreti (40) and Paharsinh Kumre (55) were killed on Sunday night in Bijepar village and their bodies were dumped in neighbouring Mohgaon Tola village, they said. The bodies were found in mutilated conditions. While two of the victims were...
04:44 PM, Jul 18, 2011
Nagpur: A commando of an elite anti-Naxal force was killed and two policemen were injured while fighting the Naxals, two of whom also died, during an exchange of fire in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Thursday morning, police said. A commando of the C-60 battalion, Chinna Menta, was killed in the clash when a group of Naxalites attacked a police patrol party at Nargond in Bhamragarh taluk in the district, Additional...
12:41 PM, May 19, 2011
New Delhi: A day after Home Minister P Chidambaram visited Gadchiroli, the deputy collector of the naxal-hit district went on record to say that such high-profile visitors never bring any solutions. As bureaucrats have been making headlines for being involved in scams, the deputy collector from naxal-affected area in Gadchiroli district Rajendra Kanphade found himself in the eye of the storm by openly criticising the Home Minister. “One has to...
07:43 AM, Dec 29, 2010
Intelligence Bureau warns that Naxals are planning a major offensive in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district. ...
09:59 PM, May 09, 2010
Choppers air-lifted a total of 154 EVMs to district headquarters. ...
03:13 PM, Oct 16, 2009
Naxalites opened fire at Kotmi polling station in Gadchiroli district. ...
04:12 PM, Oct 15, 2009
Helicopters were sent to transport polling officials in gadchiroli. ...
09:54 PM, Oct 13, 2009
Naxals fired several rounds near Aheri minutes before polling started. ...
05:15 PM, Oct 13, 2009
Around 21 per cent polling has been reported in the first four hours of voting. ...
01:58 PM, Oct 13, 2009
